Detroit Automakers’ Free Trade Opposition Challenged by CEA President
It’s no surprise that Detroit automakers and the UAW are adamantly vocalizing their opposition to the Bush Administration’s plan to enter free trade agreements with South Korea and other nations.
Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive officer of the Consumer Electronics Association, in an op-ed piece in last week’s Detroit Free Press, said that the thought process is simple, “Blame global trade for a tough economy and then seek to remedy tough times by erecting walls of protectionism, all in an effort to try to bring back the glory days of Detroit’s auto supremacy.
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[...] Mike wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt It’s no surprise that Detroit automakers and the UAW are adamantly vocalizing their opposition to the Bush Administration’s plan to enter free trade agreements with South Korea and other nations. Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive officer of the Consumer Electronics Association, in an op-ed piece in last week’s Detroit Free Press, said that the thought process is simple, “Blame global trade for a tough economy and then seek to remedy tough times by erecting walls of protectionism, all in an effort to try to bring back the glory days of Detroit’s auto supremacy.
southern
I'm for fair trade, not free trade.
Some systems are just not compatible.
Gor instance, Japan has no unemployment insurance.
When their Auto comp[anies get in trouble (Nissan, Mazda, Mitsu, etc) they would rather subsidize the companies than the workers.
That makes it very difficult to compete with them.
Their system is not compatible with our system.
How can anybody compete against $1 hour labor? (Not an actual case - just an example)
Or maybe I should ask,
Do you want to?
Cicero
I am with you Southern, free and fair trade is what we need
BillyBob
I would suspect ANY agreeements entered into by the Bush Administration during the last year of his term.
All we need is another NAFTA fiasco.
hwyhobo
Let's not make it political. All of our recent clowns-in-chief followed the pockets of big multinationals.
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